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7-9 MONTHS
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The infant babbles a series of sounds.
The infant Fnay say: "mamama", "nuhnuh", "tuhtuhtuh", "dadada" and/or "papapa".
SUGGESTION:
imitate your child's sounds. Babies love to hear their caregivers copy their sounds.
This imitation is impdrtant for speech development.
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The infant understands "noo'.
The infant stops an activity (q.9., playing with an object or touching a dangerous object)
when the caregiver says "No!".
SUGGESTION:
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use a negative intonation, say "No" and stop him/hJr from what heishe is doing
3. The infant responds with gestures to another perSon's gestures and
accompanying words.
For example, when the caregiver reaches towards the infant anO says "up", the infant puts his/her
arms in the air; or when the caregiver waves while saying "bye bye", the infant waves back.
SUGGESTIONS:
frequently use gestures at appropriate times
show your infant how to produce these gestures by taking his/her hand and doing it for him/her
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4. The infant looks at some common objects when they are named.
The inlant may recognize such words as: "ball", "bottle", and "cookie".
SUGGESTIONS:
hold the object in front of your infant and name it before giving to him/her
name objects your infant shows interest in
always use the same name for the same object allof the .
tima (e.9., only use "buggt''lor "baby carriage", instead
. of "buggy'', "ca;riage", "pram".)
use simple names (e.9., use "ca/' instead of "automobile")
use specilic names for toyq (e,9., say "Fluffy" lor the
infant's stutfed rabbit)
repeat ihe same word over and over again. Don't
worry about using it too much because thiS is how
children learn best (e.9., "Oh truck, nice truck, big truck")
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infint recognizes family members' names.
The infant looks ortums hiVher head in the direction ol the person
named when that person is present. The infant may
show e4citement when he/she hears the name of a familiar person.
SUGGESTIONS:
'. use the names of family members when they are in the same room as your inlant
o point to family members when saying their names
. during activities, constantly'use the names of family members (e.9., "Daddy rolls ball")
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